I for one would like to say a word of appreciation and thanks to the moderators who help so many people on this forum. I would also like to remind all you people who post your urgent problems on any of the forums that it only takes a minute to say "thank you" to the person who helps you resolve your problem. I know how very frustrating it is to follow a problem until it is (presumably) resolved and then have the person who posed the problem disappear without any acknowledgement of having been helped. Think how you would feel is you had invested your time and your expertise in helping someone and they didn't even say "thank you." - jayt 
Computing News | Internet ticket scammers strike Beijing Olympics
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 09:43 Tuesday, 5th August 2008 GMT
Source: Beta News
The International Olympic Committee said Monday that thousands of unlucky fans, including the families of some athletes, were victims of a sophisticated ticketing scam.
Unfortunately, many will not be able to find replacement seats for the events as tickets were already sold out for these events. Affected non-ticket holders reside in Australia and New Zealand -- there including the families of athletes -- as well as the United States, Japan, Norway, China, and Great Britain.
The IOC has stated it would take action to shut down those running the fraudulent operation, but thus far has offered little other than court action.
The US Olympic Committee and IOC filed suits on Friday in federal court in California asking for action against six sites that are allegedly selling counterfeit tickets to the Beijing Games.
One of them, Beijingticketing.com, operated through the weekend according to Reuters although a BetaNews check Monday evening showed the site as unreachable.
One of those affected has publicly accused the group of being complacent.
Jim Moriarty is a lawyer from Houston who lost $12,000 as part of the scam. His firm is looking to represent those who may have been duped by the scammers.
At least one group in Australia is reported to have lost $57,000, according to press reports there.
Olympic organizations in the affected countries seem to be sympathetic to the plight of those affected, but none appear to be offering any kind of assistance. Australian Olympic Committee head John Coates reminded reporters in a press conference that it had warned event-goers to purchase tickets only from authorized ticket sellers.
Tools: Post a comment | Link to this news item | Send to a friend | Submit News
Error: You are not logged in.
In order to leave comments to news articles you must be a Cyber Tech Help Member.
Registration is completely free! 
Register to become a member
Along with access to leave comments to news articles you will be able to ask any computing questions you might have on the Cyber Tech Help Forums.
